March, 1776 Porpus Quas Point NEbN Mount Hope ENE
Sunday 17
AM observ'd the Rebels on Rhode Island breaking ground & fortifying a Hill near Newport at 11 AM hove short Modt & Cloudy at ½ past noon weigh'd & Came to Sail at 4 Anchor'd on the Et Side of Prudence
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/398.